The iPod has become as ubiquitous as the cellphone in our modern world, and for the most part, I don’t mind. The whole idea of keeping up with the hottest new gadget gets a little tiresome, but I totally understand the appeal of iPods, iPhone 3G and similar portable mp3 players.

However, the array of iPod add-ons is getting a little out of control. On the train this morning, I saw an ad for this obnoxious new accessory for your tired old iPod: A waterproof case that lets you take your iPod underwater and listen to music through special headphones.

Seriously?! Do you need to listen to your iPod underwater? Isn’t the environment in enough trouble without marine life being subjected to the latest lamest hits by Mariah Carey and Linkin Park?

Is the idea of being alone with your own thoughts for five seconds so terrifying that you need to take your iPod with you EVERYWHERE to drown out the sound?

I can understand listening to it on the train or at the gym or something like that. Heck, even if you’re on a nature hike, I can understand the desire to listen to some rock’n’roll tunes instead of birdsongs. But underwater?

First of all, things sound weird underwater, so the music isn’t even going to be that good.
Second, if you’re swimming in the nice blue water do you really need to ruin it by blasting “I Kissed A Girl” one more time?

Bleah.

See the underwater nightmare here, if you must.

Would you buy this silly gadget?
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